
यहाँ जीसस एक तरह से हँस रहे हैं उनके ऊपर। कह रहे हैं, सत्य थोड़ी छुपा हुआ है, दरवाज़ा थोड़ी बंद है। “नॉक एंड द डोर विल बी ओपनड।” हो सकता है दरवाज़ा खुला ही हुआ हो, नॉक करके तुमको पता चले कि ये तो पहले ही खुला हुआ था। और नहीं भी खुला हुआ है, तो तुम्हारे नॉक करने की देर है। दरवाज़े ने कोई ठान नहीं रखी है कि बंद रहना है। पूछो और जवाब मिलेगा। चाहो और मिल जाएगा। तो बात तुम्हारी चॉइस की है।










For to the one who has will be given more and he will have more than enough. But the one who does not have even what he has will be taken away from him
-(Bible, Matthew 25:29)

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
– (Bible, Romans 14:17)
Question: Christ says, ‘The Kingdom of God is not meat and drink’, but on every special day, all I see is meat and

“Heart at peace gives life to the body but envy rots the bones.”

The Authority of Jesus
And so it was, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the people were astonished at His teaching, for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.



Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
~Matthew 7:6


“Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.”

Questioner (Q): What should I do if something is clear, but the leg doesn't step up?

Listener: Sir I have heard or maybe read somewhere that you are a Christian, is that right?



The fear of the Lord adds length to life


Question: With the deal that Jesus made with the serpent he knew what was coming. Doesn’t that make Judas, the disciple that loves

Anger

Questioner: How to deal with society and the conditioning it brings along with it?


“Ye are the salt of the Earth; but if the salt have lost his savour,

“No woman would have authority over man, no woman would disobey man and her job is to remain Silent.”



प्रश्नकर्ता: आचार्य जी, बाइबिल में एक दृष्टान्त है, एक कहानी है, उससे एक प्रश्न पूछना चाहता हूँ।




ऐसी तो कोई वस्तु नहीं जो मनुष्य में बाहर से समाकर अशुद्ध करें; परन्तु जो वस्तुऍं मनुष्य में से निकलती हैं, वे ही जो उसे अशुद्ध करती हैं।


प्रश्नकर्ता: बाइबल का यह बोध वाक्य कहता है कि, “ध्यान रखो कि तुम इन छोटों में से किसी को तुच्छ दृष्टि से न देखो।” और सूफ़ी ग्रंथों का वचन है कि, “बुराई से नफ़रत करो, बुरे से नहीं।” इन वचनों को मैं पूरे दिल से सदैव अपनाना चाहता हूँ, लेकिन…



And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
Luke (9:58)
यीशु ने उस से कहा, “लोमडिय़ों के भट और आकाश के पक्षियों के बसेरे होते हैं, पर मनुष्य के पुत्र को सिर

“But, who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?” Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another

“The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field. Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”…

“Verily, Verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

द लास्ट शाल बी फर्स्ट, एंड द फर्स्ट लास्ट फॉर मानी बी कॉल्ड बट फ्यू चोज़न।

वक्ता: फॉर मैनी आर काल्ड बट ओन्ली फ्यू आर चोज़न

*“Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find;knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds;and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
जीसस धर्म को आमूल-चूल हिला देते हैं। प्रेम के नए अर्थ, सत्य के नए अर्थ, प्रार्थना के नए अर्थ सामने आने लगते हैं। सत्ताधीशों के लिए मुसीबत हो जाती है, साज़िश करी जाती है। ऐसा नहीं था कि वो मरना चाहते थे। पर अब मौत सामने आ ही गई है, तो भागना भी कैसा? जीते रहते तो बढ़िया ही रहता, मौज आ रही थी जीने में। पर मर भी गए तो कोई बुराई नहीं, क्योंकि जितना जिए, पूरा जिए। और हँसते-हँसते जीसस एक दिन सूली चढ़ जाते हैं।
Adam and Eve are people with a body and choice. ‘Garden of Eden’ is the state of bliss that one enjoys as long as one keeps making the right choice. ‘Tree of Knowledge’ is the intellect that has an ego as its root. ‘Bitten Fruit’ is taking sustenance from intellect rather than God. Jesus is that man who is not quite a man because he is left with no choices, he is the highest potentiality of Adam and Eve.
Just see what their presence does to you. Are they really able to remove fear from your mind, or are they putting you in greater fear? Do not know them by their forms, medallions, or all the respect that society gives them. Know them by one criterion only — "Have they liberated you, or have they put you in greater bondage?"
Only the man who believes in the world that he sees with his eyes would want the proof of Godliness admissible through the eyes. Such doubting Thomases do not see that what the eyes see is not really true. Only a Christ can tell you what is True and what is false. And if you are suspecting Christ himself, there is nobody who can now tell you the difference.
Jesus is not a hater of persons. He is saying hate the way you have become. The Bible is not a document of hate, the central message is of Love. But when we love, we chain each other. When God loves us, He sets us free. So Jesus is saying to hate the way we relate to each other — because our love is not Godly. Love each other just as God the Father has loved you.
Jesus is not a mere mortal. He is the source of light, the root of all flowers and beauty. Jesus stands for the Truth, and Truth is omnipresent. In one form, he disappears; in another, he arises again. Prophets don’t come and go—they live forever. Going back into the past to look for them is the tragedy of the living. He is here, right now, in the hearts of those who love him.
God wills that you be godly in your freedom. Because godliness, by definition, cannot be imposed. ‘God’ is patiently waiting for you to be godly. He’ll just keep showing you the mirror in some way or the other. He will keep sending you help—sometimes in the form of a situation, a book, or sometimes in the form of a person. God is nothing but your ultimate potential.
There is no way to rid yourself of sins except by coming very close to God, so close that you lose your individual identity. This is why the Upanishadic Mahavakya, 'Aham Brahmasmi' (I am Brahma), is central to all spirituality. Without this realization, no redemption is possible. No matter what you say about yourself, Truth, God, or the world, nothing will bring you peace. Only the declaration ‘I am That and That am I’ can offer true rest. Everything else is sin.
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,
the evidence of things not seen.
– (Bible, Hebrews 11:1)
Question: Sir, how is faith different from superstition? How do I know that I am not landing in trivia?
Speaker: A similar question was posed to Jesus. He was asked,…
Acharya Prashant:
Shilpi is asking:
Namaste Acharya Ji,
The bible says “Heart at peace gives life to the body but envy rots the bones”. I see that I’m stricken with jealousy or envy for…
Acharya Prashant: “And so it was, when Jesus had…
You have heard it was said, ‘You must not commit adultery.’
But I say to you that anyone who even looks at a woman with a lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in her heart.
So, if your eye — even your good eye — causes you to…
Questioner (Q): My gratitude, Acharya ji.. I've been listening to you for more than a year. It was a great pleasure, it was an amazing bliss in Rishikesh. And I just bought a book in IISc the first day and I finished reading it in three days because I thought…
Question: Tell us, why Jesus pray celibacy for his followers?
Acharya Prashant: What is meant by celibacy? When Jesus or any other teacher talks of celibacy, what is meant by celibacy? What is the meaning of celibacy?
AP: That is the only meaning of celibacy.
One point commitment; only one…
Acharya Prashant: Questioner has asked me to speak on two verses, and I’ll pick the most spicy one of the two.
“Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is…
Acharya Prashant(AP): We had talked about the limitation of clarity. Clarity alone is not sufficient. You can be very clear that you are diseased, but unless you are also sure that you can be…
Acharya Prashant: I love Jesus, l love Krishna, I love Buddha, they are all wonderful. There is no doubt that there is a lot about me which is Christian. I won’t even say…
THE GOLDEN RULE
“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.”“Enter by a narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it…
A teacher is one, who is well versed in the scriptures, pure, unaffiliated by desire, a perfect knower of the supreme, who continuously abides in the supreme, who is as calm as the fire that has burnt-up its fuel, who is a spontaneous ocean of mercy that needs no cause…
BIBLE (PROVERBS 10:27)
Acharya Prashant:
“The fear of the Lord adds length to life but the years of the wicked are cut short.”
BIBLE (PROVERBS 10:27)
Nimisha has quoted from the bible…
Christmas Eve again, Jesus says to his disciples, “I am going to be killed soon.”
One of his disciples, Peter, starts weeping and crying, and he gets a good scolding from Jesus. Jesus says, “Had you had anything to do with God, had you learned anything from me, how could…
Acharya Prashant: You talk a lot about society, but ultimately our visa expires and we have to return to the same society. What do we do? Do we go to some forest? Do we go to…
“The craving of a sluggard is a death of him because his hands refuse to work.”
BIBLE (PROVERBS 21:25)
Acharya Prashant:
Nimisha has sent something, it is not a question. I’ll read it aloud, that’s my answer.
Dear Acharya Ji, Pranaam. I want to thank you deeply for reconnecting me…
It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out,
And to be trodden under foot of men.”
-Mathew 5:13
AP: What does earth represent? And what does the…
Acharya Prashant: Every single sutra here contains the essence of Bible, the essence of the word of God. It is just that it is expressed a little…
Acharya Prashant: The next question says:
Dear Acharya Ji, Pranam
After reading the story of Lazarus, this is what comes to the mind. We all want to see miracles in order to believe in the existence of a God. Something that is magical or out of the ordinary. Most of…
आचार्य प्रशांत: वह प्रजापतियों की सृष्टि करके सब पर अपना आधिपत्य रखता है। जैसे सूरज अकेले ही सबको प्रकाशित करते हैं। प्रकाश के स्रोत दो नहीं, प्रकाश के दो नहीं स्रोत हैं, एक है। वैसे ही वह प्रकाश स्वरुप है और वर्णीय है। वर्णीय माने उसी को चुनना, उसी का…
“जीसस ने उन्हें एक और दृष्टान्त दिया कि स्वर्ग का राज्य उस मनुष्य के समान है जिसने अपने खेत में अच्छे उपजाऊ बीज बोया। पर जब सभी लोग सो रहे थे तो उसका…
प्रश्नकर्ता: प्रणाम आचार्य जी, मेरी गर्लफ्रेंड (प्रेमिका) क्रिस्चियन (ईसाई) हैं, काफ़ी समय से मैं उसे आपसे मिलवाना चाहता हूँ पर असमर्थ हो रहा हूँ। मैं उसके साथ बाइबिल भी पढ़ता हूँ और समझाने की कोशिश कर रहा हूँ कि आपकी शिक्षाएँ हूबहू भगवान क्राइस्ट (ईसा मसीह) से मिलती हैं, पर…
आचार्य प्रशांत: जो तनावग्रस्त है, उसकी ज़िन्दगी में तनाव, चिंता और मनोविकार लगातार है। बस वो कुछ मौकों पर प्रदर्शित हो जाता है। ये आपके लिए कोई खुशखबरी नहीं है कि आपका तनाव दिन में दो-चार घंटे ही प्रकट होता है। ऐसे समझ लीजिए, यदि आपका तनाव चौबीस घंटे बना…
बाइबल मरकुस (अध्याय ७ सूत्र १५)
आचार्य प्रशांत: तो सवाल पूछा है कि जो कुछ बाहर से आया है वही तो अशुद्ध…
“And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor and though I give my body to be burnt and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.”
(Corinthians 13:3 )
(और यद्यपि मैं अपने सभी सामानों को गरीबों को खिलाने के लिए देता हूँ और हालांकि मैं अपने शरीर…
But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth.
Mathew(6:3 )
किन्तु जब तू किसी दीन दुःखी को देता है तो तेरा बायाँ हाथ न जान पाये कि तेरा दाहिना हाथ क्या कर रहा है।
मैथ्यू(6:3)
आचार्य प्रशांत: बाएं हाथ को पता भी…
~Jhon (3:3)
“मैं तुझ से सच सच कहता हूँ, यदि कोई नये सिरे से न जन्मे…
वक्ता: नियति सबकी एक ही है, क्योंकि हम सब एक ही हैं। चूंकि हम में, मूल रूप से कोई अंतर नहीं है, इसीलिए हमारी नियति भी एक ही है। जो हम हैं,…
– Bible, Matthew 7:7-8
वक्ता: बात सिर्फ़ तुम्हारी मर्ज़ी…